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2/8/10 Assessment of wildlife-vehicle collisions (press release by National Park Service)

2/8/10 Obama Administration draws criticism for declining ESA protection to pikas (by Kurt Repanshek National Parks Traveler)

2/8/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Mon Feb 8, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/7/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Sun Feb 7, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/6/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Sat Feb 6, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/5/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Fri Feb 5, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/4/10 Update from the field (by Buffalo Field Campaign)

2/4/10 Looking inside the structure of the Yellowstone Caldera (by Erik Klemetti)

2/4/10 Yellowstone earthquake swarm comes back, albeit briefly (by Yellowstone Insider)

2/4/10 Want to comment on Yellowstone's winter plan? Here's your chance (by Yellowstone Insider)

2/4/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Thu Feb 4, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/3/10 Earthquake update for February 3 (press release by University of Utah Seismograph Stations, posted by National Park Service)

2/3/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for wed Feb 3, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/2/10 Ted Turner to receive 88 Yellowstone bison: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks violates public trust (press release by Buffalo Field Campaign)

2/2/10 FWP approves relocation of 88 bison from quarantine program (press release by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks)

2/2/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Tue Feb 2, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

2/1/10 National Parks Conservation Association calls president's national parks budget proposal insufficient (by Kurt Repanshek National Parks Traveler)

2/1/10 GNFAC avalanche advisory for Mon Feb 1, 2010 (by Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center)

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2/8/10 11:55 PM Okay, after a few more days, paper updated again. And, unfortunately, more intermittent updates to come; my work project is taking up 60 hours a week; we also plan yet another Yellowstone 24-hour get away on Thursday and Friday.

2/9/10 Forest: Doo-doo a no-no (by Cara Rank Jackson Hole News and Guide)--in my environs, the Bozeman Creek Trail, which enters the Gallatin National Forest, seems to be the area that's become dog crap heaven

2/9/10 Beacon, shovels can't save Montana sledder (by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Jackson Hole News and Guide)

2/9/10 States get money for bark beetle epidemic (AP story in Billings Gazette)--astonishing waste of money

2/8/10 DOL looks at stemming bison migration (by Daniel Person Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--talked with a friend from Buffalo Field Campaign yesterday; this volunteer gave me the sense they fear the worst from the Montana Department of Livestock this year, despite some opposition from the NPS and the US Forest Service; is a rift forming between the Interagency Bison Management Plan partners? This article suggests a rift; my own attendance at a meeting in Livingston suggested it ... by the way, some good comments under this article, as well

2/8/10 DOL hosts meetings on official calfhood vaccination (by Montana Department of Livestock in The Prairie Star--MT)--this is an ag industry newspaper

2/6/10 Another earthquake disaster possible here (by Karl Puckett Great Falls Tribune)

2/6/10 Tester modifies his wilderness bill (AP story in Billings Gazette)

2/5/10 Bison move denied (by Carson LeMahieu The Torrington Telegram--WY)

2/5/10 No protections for pika: Federal agency says tiny mountain-dwelling animal has enough habitat to survive (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)

2/5/10 Despite snow, snowpack still below average (by Lorna Thackeray Billings Gazette)

2/4/10 Cleanup at Yellowstone headwaters hailed (by Brett French Billings Gazette)

2/4/10 Bison outsmart hunters: Montana Livestock Dept. prepares its revenge (by Island Park News)--definitely a pro-Buffalo Field Campaign article (though written as a news and not an opinion piece); that's good ... they are hardly ever quoted on some of the recent buffalo issues by the local press

2/3/10 Bison going to Turner ranch (by Daniel Person Bozeman Daily Chronicle)--with friends like some of these professional conservationist groups, who needs the livestock industry as an enemy? Bad but thoroughly unsurprising news

2/3/10 Turner secures bison deal: Wyo official, tribes, conservation groups oppose privatization plan (AP story in Casper Star-Tribune)

2/3/10 Forest Service says New World Mine cleanup nearly done (AP story in Billings Gazette)

2/3/10 Conservationists, sportsmen agree with plan: Bridger-Teton wants no drilling on 44,000 acres (by Cory Hatch Jackson Hole News and Guide)

2/3/10 Antelope free to roam: Conservation easement protects key area along animal's migration corridor (by Jeff Gearino Casper Star-Tribune)

2/3/10 Yellowstone rumbles with swarm of earthquakes (by Jed Boal KSL--UT)--with video

2/3/10 Dr. Robert Clayton explains the Yellowstone earthquake swarms (by KIFI--ID)--with video

2/3/10 More small quakes recorded in Yellowstone (by Billings Gazette)

2/3/10 Gallatin avalanche center says risk considerable (AP story in Great Falls Tribune)

2/2/10 Quakes continue to rumble Yellowstone (by CJ Baker Powell Tribune--WY)

2/2/10 Yellowstone bison to be loaned to Ted Turner (by Nick Valencia CNN)

2/2/10 Deal helps pronghorn (by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Jackson Hole News and Guide)

2/2/10 Wolves good for U.S. parks, report says (by Matthew Knight CNN)

2/2/10 Pass reopened after explosive drop (by Billings Gazette)--Yellowstone bombed again to keep Sylvan Pass open to a few snowmobiles

2/1/10 Sylvan Pass closed again (by Billings Gazette)

2/1/10 Mining company CEO buys Sun Ranch near Yellowstone (AP story in Great Falls Tribune)

2/1/10 Hundreds of mostly tiny quakes are rattling Yellowstone Park (by Kirk Johnson The New York Times)

2/1/10 Parasite inquries prompt fact sheet (by Brett French Billings Gazette)

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2/8/10 Dear Yellowstone (by Wesley Mathis)--interesting, would like to see more details about this; apparently, a permit for use by Camp Loll (a Boy Scout camp) has had some limits put on it that the writer here objects to, but it's not clear what the circumstances or the limits are ...

2/8/10 Letter for Yellowstone (by Delose Conner, Camp Loll)--here's another by the director of Camp Loll; however, again, the details are scant; it's hard to understand why letters have been published publicly without more details for the public at large unaware of the controversy or the history of the partnership

2/8/10 Wolves and wolf watchers (by Bette and Dave)

2/8/10 who dat (by s&w)

2/8/10 Tell truth about wolf numbers (by Doug Lemm in Casper Star-Tribune)

2/7/10 Another day another adventure (by Robyn)--always, always be careful on the road from the Paradise Valley; you can drive awfully fast on that road, but wildlife are in great abundance throughout, though most especially near the Dome Mountain Ranch in the Tom Miner Basin area

2/7/10 Snowy Yellowstone (by Justin and Jennifer Grigg)--with video

2/6/10 Forest jobs bill: Working together for Montana (by U.S. Senator Jon Tester in West Yellowstone News)--Tester's wilderness/logging bill has been covered extensively here; Jon Tester is a Democrat representing Montana

2/6/10 Yellowstone ... so long, farewell ... (by Laurie Excell)

2/5/10 Another planet (by Madeline Magnuson in The Aspiring Ecologist)

2/5/10 A moonlit Giantess (by Jesse DeVoe)

2/5/10 John and the wolf collaring (by Bette and Dave)

2/5/10 Yellowstone Park in winter (by Shelley McBride)

2/5/10 Rehberg 'compromise' won't produce forest bill (by Dr. O. Alan Weltzien in Billings Gazette)

2/4/10 Yellowstone is rumbling; we are not doomed (by Michael Reilly Discover)

2/4/10 Wyoming could derail successful wolf hunts (by Casper Star-Tribune)

2/4/10 Yellowstone West Thumb & Canyon revisited (by Laurie Excell)

2/4/10 Bear claws (by Bette and Dave)--and again, more interesting little tidbits on their blog

2/4/10 Yellowstone shaken by hundreds of earthquakes: Scientists on alert after they record second-largest earthquake swarm (by Ted Alvarez Backpacker Magazine)--thousands, but who's counting?

2/4/10 Yellowstone elk (by Ian Plant Mountain Trail Photo Blog)--since this guy was apparently gone, he wasn't one of the endless gauntlet of wildlife photographers I saw in the Lamar Valley; I used to live in DC; I rarely saw as many press as I saw photographers lined up ... the whole thing made me sad; well, heck, at least there was NO ONE on the trail skiing except us

2/3/10 The wolf numbers game ... (by nabeki)

2/3/10 The Yellowstone earthquake swarm of 2010 marches on (by Erik Klemetti)

2/3/10 What if Yellowstone erupts in days as predicted? (by Ian Brockwell News Blaze)--yes, column points to one of the crazies who actually is predicting an eruption; wish he would predict more snow instead

2/3/10 Middle Teton 8/28-8/29/2009 (by nabeki)

2/2/10 Yellowstone ... river otters!!! (by Laurie Excell)

2/2/10 Gravel road (by Robyn)--was amazed and dismayed by how little snow there is in Mammoth; the temp in Mammoth on Wednesday was warmer than Bozeman

2/2/10 eat. ski. eat. ski. (by s&w)

2/2/10 Why top predators matter: An in-depth look at new research (by Jeremy Hance mongabay.com)

2/2/10 Reintroducing wolves into national parks could restore ecosystems (by Susan Cosier Audubon Magazine)

2/2/10 Mammoth Hot Springs--Yellowstone (by Don Geyer)

2/1/10 cupcakes and coyotes (by s&w)